Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-23
FLORIDA.

OcaIa an twenty new SebhGIe edTttSe
| Friday, and number of prospectorss She
is forging grandly ahead.
Capt. l.. N. Thayer, late manager and
! proprietor OF the Ocala House, mas taken
charge of the silver spring HDtel.
Z There is quite war among guano deal
I ers at Mariana, in consequence OF which
the price has been reduced considerably.
The City Council OF DeLand will allow
] a rebate on city taxes of Doc. for every
shade tree planted iniront OF the property
! taxed. sxGEE
! X. Marsh, living near DeLand, and who
/ is one OF the ~old original land marks"
| says That the sue gar cane is one OF me
| most profitable crops that eau be raised
! in Tue stare A few years ago he saws he
realized $575 from a three-acre crop OF
| cane. M
Col MagilI, who is travelling the State
/ in the interest Of the Florida Fruit EX-
| change, Says that there are large quaint
ties Of oranges still IN the STATE, he
thinks that about two-thirdS u the crop
has already been Skipped. lie estimates
the crop AT 500, 600 boxes this year.
James Wylie is putting the steam rad'-
ators in the third story OF the Academy
| at DeLand. When the school opened 1t
was thou. hit that two stories OF the build
ing would DO sufficient, but as the attend
third floor has been brought into use.
While out hunting near Emporia last
Saturday Harry Drudy accidentally saOf
himself. lie was resting nIs gun, muzzle
! down, upon his right foot, when it went
OF. burning aud iaceratiDg his foot in
most painful manner. Dr.. DeLong dressed
the wound, and reports his patent as
doing we'll,
The scatfOldng on the Gerkin building
in course OF erection, near New York ave-
nue., DeLand, fell last Monday afternoon
with a dozen wOrkmen. The sCaifOld
pulled a portion of the front all with 1t.
Luckily nearly all OF the work nen es.
capped without injury. Cne cOiored brick
layer, by the name OF Alexander, got his
LETT arm broken aud his back injured.
A. {. LAID, the Atlanta lime man. has
been south on hunt, and IN the course
OF his short trip down Tampa bay winged
an immensG wAAte 4lelican, which ne shot
at $50 yards. 'fhebird stands ) feet in lis
stocking feet, and measures feet from
tip to tip OF wings when spread. Its
pouch tor fish under its bill is a regular
gill net, and ~ those who know Say 1t
will hold half~a bushel OF fish.
Tuesdays north-bOund train on the
FloridaE Rail way and Navigation took
to Ocala a little calf on the engines COW.
catcher all the way from Santos, twelve
miles south. The little thing was on the
track, the engine striking it in such a
manner as TO throw it up on the front of
the locomotive. 1t remained there until
the train arrived at Ocala, and seemed 70
ENJOY Its free ride quite pleasantly.
Winter HaYen, since the permanent
location of the cOnsOlida ed Northern and
Southern Presbyterian college, has taken
an unprecedented boom, Immediately
after tBe dual decision Prof. Stdne, OF
Rochester, n. Y. bought 1900 worth Of
land, ana j. orc. BlOunt sold Sl6 QUO
worth, besides several small sales whlch
have been made within the past few DAYS,
Polk county, Bsfdogling to the front az an
observation-disclosures.
A cutting ARRAY occurred at Lady Lake
last Saturday night. wnere white man
by the name OF Tyson was SO badly cut
up by negroes that his life Is des paired Of
He went to churcn fair held by cOl5red
people, and tired 10 raise disturbance.
His pistol was taken from him and in
tue scuflle he received several ugly cuts,
He was found the next morning nearly
dead, and the physio say he cannot
live. Two arrests have been made
The Florida Fruit Exchange will hold
its annual meeting III Jacksonville on
Feb. l. The most important matter to
come before the meeting Is to have the
capital stock OF the exchange increased
from S50,0 10 100000 and the shares to
le reduced to so share. This will
enable every fruit and vegetable grower
IA Florida to become stOckhOlder,
thereby giving one and all a better Oppor-
tunity 10 support and better facilities to
patrOnize II.
AT DeLand Thursday f. c. Austin, at
tOrney tor j. +. Irwin served an iniunc-
tion from judge K. X. Foster upon The
1nnI-eOnyfIIa Ha - 4,
gauge branch into DeLand. 1t is claimed
by Tbwing that the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West are trespGssers, as they are
using portion OF the grade made by him
one wear ago for the DeLand and New
smyrna road. Work was suspended until
after hearing of the case before Judge
Foster, which was TO take place Friday.
AS the nOrth-bound accommodation
train was coming from Cedar Kew
Wednesday night 1t had fearful wreck
about five miles south of Bronson. Three
freight cars ami four fla, cars, loaded
with iron, were ditched and badly broken
up. Fortunately no ona was hurt luther
tnan being pretty thoroughly Jared up.
A broken rail caused the misnap. Toe
track Was torn up tor several hundred
feet. The passengers ard mail were
transferred and sent on North in a cab
without delay.
OOls W. Js MagllI, Oh JachkOnNl!le, who
is travelling III The interest Of tho Fruit
Exchange, had the misfortune to lose h is
pOcketbook on the Florida Railway aud
Navigation train on Tu sday. lie mad
taken it from his pocket ana thought he
had replaced 1t, but II Tell on the seat. lie
atterward got uD for few moments, aud
on returning To his seat found 1t gone.
The conductor informed the Colonel that
the passenger sitting behind him mad lust
left the car, getting Of az station before
arriving at the place no had paid his fare
for. The Colonel tust a good sum OF money
and some valuable notes.
GOV. Perry has appointed the following
delegates to the Coast Defense Conyen-
ton TO convene Feb. 3 at DeFuuiail
| Springs: Louis z. Knowles. OF Pensacola:
Hon. W. L. Orman, Of Apalacbicola; Or.
! u. IL. Mclllvain, OF Cedar Il v; Hon.
| George T. Dew, Of Jacksonville; Mai.
! George X. Fairbanks. Of Fernandina: Il
| Gllland, OF st. Augustine; j. Il. Wall. of
! Tampa, and +. j. Moreno, OF Key West.
| lie has also appointed as delegates to the
| Southern Forestry Congress, 10 convene
| at DeFuniak Feb. II, Mrs. Ellen CAL
| Long, OF Tallahassee; W. j. Daniel. of
| Campbellton; John T. Dismukes, OF 81.
| Augustine; Capt. Z. Houston, of ITALIA.
! bassee, and Elam B. Carlton, of Fort
| Ogden.
The following appointments have been
made during the past week: Richard
| Apt N "a County IuJ,ra a